Apache – Virtual Host Based on CNAME

apache-2.2domain-name-systemlinuxvirtualhost

Can I make a vhost on apache to respond to a cname request? For example:

A-record of example.com is 1.2.3.4
foo.example.com is a CNAME for example.com

in http.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName example.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost foo.example.com>
 ServerName foo.example.com
 DocumentRoot /foo/www
</VirtualHost>

apache starts fine and digests my conf, but when I visit foo.example.com I get the content in /var/www, not the one in /foo/www. I think I'm on the wrong track here.

Best Answer

The following snippet should work (without any warning):

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName foo.example.com
 DocumentRoot /foo/wwww
</VirtualHost>

Make sure you read the documentation on Name-based Virtual Host Support to understand why it didn't work in the first place.

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Apache: Client-IP-based DocumentRoot

You can do this with a RewriteRule preceded by a RewriteCond that checks the remote_addr (remember using % for the vars, not $:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  Servername somedomain.tld

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 10.2.1.4
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /var/www/pages-1/$1

  RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 10.3.0.
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /var/www/pages-2/$1

</VirtualHost>

Apache seems to be ignoring port 80 vhost

Do you have the following in your config(s) somewhere?

NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:443

Those need to match what you use in the <VirtualHost> blocks

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Apache seems to be ignoring port 80 vhost

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